Which model boat kits are best? Building model boats is a great way for hobbyists of any age to learn patience, engineering and dexterity in a single assembly kit. These challenging models can come in ...

CAMBRIDGE — “The Art of Model Boat Building” premiered in the galleries at the Dorchester Center for the Arts on March 4. This exhibition features area modelers who will display and discuss their work ...

My family has owned a Ford dealership since before the first World War, but when I was a kid, I loved boats most. Even after I took over the dealership and spent 40 years in the automotive business, I ...

A Jamestown man plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking in November with a mini documentary on his YouTube channel using his cardboard models of the Great Lakes ...

For 90-year-old Bud Parks, building model boats is more than just a hobby. "It's been a lifesaver for me," says Parks, a widower whose wife, Mackie, died in 2020. Mark Kennedy is a veteran columnist.

NEW BEDFORD — The hull constructed of thousands of coffee stirrers and popsicle sticks fashioned into miniature pulleys are unique. Julio Rebeiro “Rev” Gomes Jr. built more than 50 models of historic ...

There are about a dozen yacht clubs on Lake Winnipesaukee, but none like the Back Bay Skippers. The Skippers is a model yacht club whose members build, sail and race radio-controlled model boats — and ...

Long BeachPeter Beck has been a devoted participant at the Model Boat Shop since 2011. In that time, he has built more than 100 boats of varying sizes from four inches to a nine-feet-long, 115-sail ...